diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index a60d1f8..406d957 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -1915,8 +1915,8 @@
 
 	/* Break the message into multiple chunks of maximum size. */
 	datamsg = sctp_datamsg_from_user(asoc, sinfo, msg, msg_len);
-	if (!datamsg) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(datamsg)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(datamsg);
 		goto out_free;
 	}